Genetic 'telepathy'? A bizarre new property of DNA


	Genetic 'telepathy'? A bizarre new property of DNA

wildcat

1-29-2008 6:47 AM

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dna, telepathy, recognition at a distance

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life stranger than sci fi

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1-29-2008 7:52 AM

debbyski

It sure is Wildcat. I always prefer non-fiction to fiction.

1-29-2008 11:18 AM

Lancebowski

The difference between non-fiction and fiction is where you are.

1-29-2008 4:31 PM

carrerinyes

I once had intact double stranded dna, but it ran away

1-29-2008 7:59 PM

debbyski

hahahahahahah,
that was funny carreinyes.

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